“....this technique essentially uses a magnetic field and plasma to break lithium down into helium and tritium,”.....
Which is Fission.
So then, how much energy is required to start this fission reaction, what additional “undesireable” byproducts are produced, how much energy is produced from the fusion reaction and what’s the delta between the fission and th fusion reaction?
Hmmmm.
Does
not
compute.......
Thanks, dog, you beat me to it.
For those who don’t understand the explanation, I’ll break it down into bits.
If the energy used to fission lithium into helium and tritium...
is greater than that generated by the fusion of deuterium into tritium...
then there is no excess energy generation for marketing to the public.
It is an interesting scientific demonstration and nothing else.
I truly hope for a different result, but Bezos should be prepared to lose $19.5 Million.